Mrs Hinch shares handy hack to keep the kids entertained in the garden this summer

Mrs Hinch has taken to Instagram to show her 4.4 million followers how she keeps her two boys entertained on sunnier days in the garden – with a little help from leading online stationery company Dotty About Paper.

The cleaning sensation, 32, whose real name is Sophie Hinchclife, is mum to three-year-old Ronnie and one-year-old Lennie.

Yesterday, the two young boys were playing in the garden of her £1.1million Essex farm house with a homemade wash up play tray which she showed her followers how to make.

Mrs Hinch revealed her first-born Ronnie loves to help her wash up – so the wash up play tray seems an ideal pastime.

“Just watching them learn and play together is my favourite thing to do,” she wrote on her Instagram story.

To recreate the handy hack at home simply:

Find an old empty squeeze bottle and remove all packaging.
Add a small amount of child-friendly body wash and fill the rest of the bottle with warm water.
Add a personalised Dotty About Paper waterproof name tag so your children can remember which one is theirs.
Add warm water to an outdoor paddling pool or washing up bucket and add their favourite toys.
Leave them to have fun in the sun with their new toy.

Dotty About Paper founder Lisa Forde added: “We’re delighted to see Mrs Hinch making use of our personalised stick on waterproof name labels.

“The tractor design which Sophie chose for Ronnie is hugely popular this year but we also have flowers and animal themed labels too.

“Name labels are so handy for parents because you can easily tell which toy is whose – especially as they are waterproof so perfect for activities like this.”